fremdgehen

== German == === Etymology === From fremd +‎ gehen, thus “to go strange”, that is “to go with an outsider”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfʁɛmtˌɡeːən/ Hyphenation: fremd‧ge‧hen === Verb === fremdgehen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present geht fremd, past tense ging fremd, past participle fremdgegangen, auxiliary sein) (now only slightly informal) to cheat; to be unfaithful (have sexual or romantic relations with another than one's stable partner, typically in secret) (figurative, colloquial, chiefly humorous) to be unfaithful; to prefer someone or something else ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Fremdgeher, Fremdgehung ==== Related terms ==== Fremdgehen fremdgehend, fremdgegangen Fremdgänger fortgehen, hintergehen ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: vreemdgaan === Further reading === “fremdgehen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “fremdgehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon